Connect and select the desired hearing aid(s) to adjust via Get Started.
Click on the Read Device Settings or Load a Previous Session radio
button and then click 
.
Click Environment Manager.
Inspire automatically defaults to a binaural 
view if applicable.
To adjust only the right or left hearing aid, click 
or 
.
| Note: If fitting CROS/BiCROS devices, only the receiver aid can be adjusted, therefore, the side cannot be selected. |
To increase or decrease the amount of adaptation
in a specific environment, click on the cell to adjust and then click
or 
,
or click details to the left of Comfort
and a pop-up window displays.
Click on the specific memory to adjust if applicable.
Click on the radio button representing the desired amount of adaptation in each environment.
| Field Name | Description | Details |
| Speech and Noise/Noise | Indicates the desired amount of adaptation in environments with noise for the specific memory or all memories if linked. This feature is not available for Music, Telecoil, or Autocoil memories. | Based on the hearing aid connected determines the levels available. If levels Off to 4 display, the default is 3. If levels Off to 2 display, the default is 2. If levels Off/On display, the default is On. The Music memory defaults to Off. The amount of adaptation that each level will apply displays in a tool tip by pointing to the radio button. |
| Quiet | Indicates the desired amount of adaptation in quiet environments for the specific memory or all memories if linked. | Based on the hearing aid connected determines the levels available. If levels Off to 4 display, the default is 3. If levels Off to 2 display, the default is 2. If levels Off/On display, the default is On. The amount of expansion that each level will apply displays in a tool tip by pointing to the radio button. |
| Wind | Indicates the desired amount of adaptation in environments with wind for the specific memory or all memories if linked. This feature is not available for Telecoil or Autocoil memories. | Based on the hearing aid connected determines the levels available. If levels Off to 4 display, the default is 3. If levels Off to 2 display, the default is 2. If levels Off/On display, the default is On. The Music memory defaults to Off. The amount of adaptation that each level will apply displays in a tool tip by pointing to the radio button. |
| Machine Noise | Indicates the desired amount of adaptation in environments with machine noise for the specific memory or all memories if linked. This feature is not available for Telecoil or Autocoil memories. | Based on the hearing aid connected determines the levels available. If levels Off to 4 display, the default is 3. If levels Off to 2 display, the default is 2. If levels Off/On display, the default is On. The Music memory defaults to Off. The amount of adaptation that each level will apply displays in a tool tip by pointing to the radio button. |
Click Go Live to demonstrate any noise control adjustments.
| Note: This button is only enabled during a live fitting for select products and for all memories except Disabled. |
Begin talking to the patient.
| Note: When the hearing aid(s) detects sound in a specific environment and begins adaptation, the input monitor activates. The animation will extend from the left to the right but will never exceed the selected setting. |
Click Go Live again to stop the demonstration.
Tip: To play
an audio file, click Media
Player 
on the Inspire Toolbar. Audio files cannot
be played during Go Live demonstrations. |
Click Close to close the pop-up window.
To adjust the time constants for a specific environment, click on the words Wind and/or Machine Noise and a pop-up window displays.
Click on the radio button representing the desired time constant.
| Field Name | Description | Details |
| Wind Time Constants | Indicates how quickly the hearing aid(s) should reach the specified wind gain reduction for all memories. | This feature is only available for select products. The options available are Slower, Medium, and Faster. The default is Medium. |
| Machine Noise Time Constants | Indicates how quickly the hearing aid(s) should reach the specified machine noise gain reduction for all memories. | This feature is only available for select products. The options available are Slower, Medium, and Faster. The default is Medium. |
To increase or decrease the amount of adaptation
in music, click on the cell to adjust and then click or ,
or click details to the left of Music and
a pop-up window displays.
Click on the radio button representing the desired amount of adaptation.
| Field Name | Description | Details |
| Music | Indicates the desired amount of adaptation toward music listening for the specific memory or all memories if linked. | This feature is only available for select products and is not available for the Music memory. Based on the hearing aid connected determines the strengths available. If strengths Off to 4 display, the default is 3. If strengths Off to 2 display, the default is 2. If strengths Off/On display, the default is On. The amount of adaptation that each strength will apply displays in a tool tip by pointing to the radio button. |
Click Close to close the pop-up window.
To change the directional setting, click on the
cell to adjust and then click
or ,
or click details to the left of Directionality and a
pop-up window displays to configure the directional setting and adjust
the switching threshold and/or time constants.
Click on the specific memory to adjust if applicable.
Click on the radio button representing the desired directionality, switching threshold, and/or time constants, and check or uncheck Directionality Plus to enable or disable this feature.
| Field Name | Description | Details |
| Directionality Mode | Selects the directional setting for the specific
memory or all memories if linked. This feature is not available
for Disabled or Telephone memories. Click 
to view static or animated visual representations of the directionality
settings. |
This feature is only available if the hearing aid connected supports a directional system. The settings available are Omni, Directional, Dynamic, and Adaptive (select products only). The default for Normal memory is either Dynamic or Adapative, depending on the hearing aid connected. |
| Directionality Plus | Denotes whether or not to increase the adaptation
amount for Speech and Noise in three technology levels (up
to 20 dB in the premium products, up to 15 dB in the high
products, and up to 10 dB in the mid products) and reach the
maximum adaptation threshold at 80 dB SPL. Click for more information
on this feature. |
This feature is only available for select products. This checkbox is only available if Dynamic or Adapative is selected for Directionality and the default is unchecked. |
| Directional Switching | Indicates how often the hearing aid(s) should switch to directional mode for all memories. | This feature is only available for select products. The thresholds available are Less Sensitive, Sensitive, and More Sensitive. The default is Sensitive. |
| Time Constants | Indicates how quickly the hearing aid(s) should reach the specified directional setting for all memories. | This feature is only available for select products. The options available are Slow, Medium, and Fast. The default is Medium. |
Click Close to close the pop-up window.
Check or uncheck Ear to Ear to enable or disable this feature for the specific environment if applicable.
| Note: Ear to Ear is enabled/disabled based on the settings for Memory 1 but any change applies to all memory environments. Although Ear to Ear is automatically enabled for all active memory environments, setting any applicable activity level to Off, or setting directionality to Omni or Directional will disable Ear to Ear in that memory. This feature is not available for monaural fittings if the hearing aid has never been paired or when simulating one wireless hearing aid. For Honor products, Ear to Ear is available for hearing aids paired with a mobile device. |
| Field Name | Description | Details |
| Wind Ear to Ear | Denotes whether or not to automatically enhance comfort when wind noise is present but speech is absent for all memories. | This feature is available on all wireless products. If selected, which is checked by default, communication between the left and right hearing aids improves patient comfort in wind noise by ensuring that both devices make coordinated changes in response to the sound environment. |
| Machine Noise Ear to Ear | Denotes whether or not to automatically enhance comfort when machine noise is present but speech is absent for all memories. | This feature is available on all wireless products. If selected, which is checked by default, binaural communication between the hearing aids provides more symmetrical noise reduction and increases patient comfort in environments with machine noise. |
| Music Ear to Ear | Denotes whether or not to automatically optimize sound quality when music is present but speech is absent for all memories. | This feature is available on all wireless products. If selected, which is checked by default, gain adaptation is applied to both hearing aids when music is detected. |
| Directionality Ear to Ear | Denotes whether or not to automatically facilitate an optimal signal-to-noise ratio when speech is present for all memories. | This feature is available on all wireless directional products and only works if both the left and right hearing aids are set to the same 'Directionality' mode. If selected, which is checked by default, wireless communication between the right and left hearing aids improves the ability of the directional system to adapt to changes in the listening environment and to ensure that speech signals are always preserved binaurally. The system detects the direction of the signal source, compares the SNR between the right and left ears, and chooses the side with the better SNR to determine the directional focus for the hearing aids. If no speech is detected, the system adapts to provide the most comfortable listening setting. |
